Once again we broke more records at the Repair Café in terms of number of visitors and items fixed. We were invited back by the Toronto Reference Library on August 9 and this time there were visitors waiting 20 minutes before the Café opened. One hundred and nine items were seen, 77 per cent of them were fixed completely, and 13 per cent were fixed partly with specific advice given to the visitors.
Once again, our amazing team of fixers stepped up: Aaron, Andy, Erich, Giles, Jung-Hee, Mike, Miriam, Monica, Nat, Paul Magder, Paul Wilson, Phil, Rachael, Renae, Samuel, Sue, Teresa, Tim and Young. Not only did they get things fixed, but they did not give up no matter how difficult the challenge was. We will post some videos on the their work shortly.
Our awesome volunteers greeted and guided visitors: Bev, Judy, Mary, Robert, Alice, Fern, Jason, Robin. And we had our photographers and videographer on board, Heather, Kavita, and Lon.
Of course, our success also came from our sponsors of this August event: Toronto Reference Library, Balzac’s Coffee Roaster and Circles and Squares Bakery.
Repair Café Toronto is offering a Repair Café Startup Workshop on October 25 at Skills for Change (791 St Clair West, Toronto) to share our experience in organizing repair cafés. We have been receiving a lot of positive response and we hope to help other people to set up new repair cafés in their own neighbourhoods. If you are interested in starting one, please fill in the simple form to the right and we will be in touch.
The Repair Café is looking for new fixers of all kinds as we continue to grow. If you are interested in joining our fixer team, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@repaircafetoronto.ca.
The Repair Café is also looking for a Marketing and Communication Specialist. This is a volunteer position. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to promote this innovative sustainability movement in Toronto as well as work with a great team of like-minded people in building a caring and green community in our neighbourhoods. If you have the relevant expertise and would like to help grow the Repair Café, please contact us at info@repaircafetoronto.ca.
For the next Repair Café September 13, we will be returning to our base Skills for Change on St. Clair West. Details about this event are available on Upcoming Events page.